{"id":9707,"date":"2024-09-28T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=9707"},"modified":"2024-09-28T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:40:35","slug":"manulife-stories-video-series-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/manulife-stories-video-series-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Manulife Stories’ video series launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manulife Philippines proudly presents\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong>Manulife Stories<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d a video series that celebrates the achievements of realized dreams and the challenges overcome to reach them. This campaign reinforces Manulife\u2019s new brand strategy and global tagline, \u201cWhere will better take you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this three-episode series, Manulife\ncustomers Peach Abella, Mark David, KL Fernando, Marielle Malaga, Yvonne Reyes,\nand Manulife brand ambassador and policyholder Anne Curtis share their personal\nstories of resilience and how investing in themselves paid off over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the core of every insurance policy is a\nvery human story. No matter the situation, we want our customers to feel\nsupported and know we are looking after their dreams and those of their\nfamilies,\u201d said Sonali Verma, Chief\nMarketing Officer, Manulife Philippines.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is heartwarming to hear our customers\ntalk about how the Manulife team gave them the support and encouragement when\nthey needed it most. Through \u2018Manulife Stories,\u2019 we hope to inspire more\nFilipinos to take proactive steps toward their financial security, knowing that\nManulife will be their trusted partner in securing a better future.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\njoys and tears of motherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When KL purchased her first Manulife\npolicy, she never imagined its living benefits would play a crucial role in\nhelping her and her husband start a family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My husband and I have been married\nfor 14 years. We always wanted to have a baby. We tried everything and in vitro\nfertilization (IVF) was our last hope. I asked my financial advisor if I could\nwithdraw from my policy to help pay for the procedure. She said yes and helped\nme with the whole process. A few months after, we had our son, Pedro,\u201d KL\nshared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like KL, Anne Curtis credits her early\nfinancial planning for helping her better manage her pregnancy with her\ndaughter Dahlia during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone was in lockdown, it was a scary\nfeeling. Lalo<\/em> na<\/em> I wasn\u2019t working na <\/em>so\nmay <\/em>fear of, \u201cpaano \u2018to?<\/em>\u201d Of course, I had my husband to help me through it and I\nhad that security also of the insurance that I had in case anything would\nhappen to me. That\u2019s why sobra akong saya<\/em>\n(I\u2019m so happy) that at an early age, I decided to prepare. I feel that Manulife\nhas helped me feel assured. From being a single person who loved to travel, now\nI\u2019m prepared for my own family,\u201d Anne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legacies\nthat save a child\u2019s future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losing a loved one is destabilizing and it\ncomes with financial and emotional challenges that some families may not be\nfully prepared to handle. Two families share how their lives were made more\nsecure in the long term with a proactive insurance plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yvonne lost her husband when she was 30,\nleaving her a grieving single parent to a young daughter. Thanks to her\nManulife insurance plan, Yvonne was able to put her daughter through nursing\nschool. \u201cThat was when I realized, maybe there was a reason I had to get and\nkeep that plan. Now, as a single parent, I can use the benefit payouts for my\ndaughter\u2019s tuition,\u201d Yvonne shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Marielle thought she would have\nto put her dreams of becoming a healthcare professional on hold to financially\nsupport her family, spending a month looking after her hospitalized mother.\nBut, in Marielle\u2019s words, she \u201cluckily didn\u2019t have to make that choice\u201d after\nall. \u201cThe money from three combined (Manulife) policies was enough to help pay\nfor her (stay in the) ICU, for the medical expenses, and allowed me to continue\n(studying) medicine,\u201d Marielle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Providing\nfor unique needs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Securing insurance for those with\npre-existing conditions, can be challenging. Peach, who is HIV-positive, and\nMark, who cares for his son with autism, intellectual development delay, and\nattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), found hope with Manulife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t able to find that security. Alam kong, hindi kaya [ng anak ko] na siya <\/em>lang\n(I know that my son can\u2019t do it on his own),\u201d Mark shared. \u201cHe\u2019s already\ndisadvantaged. We want to give him every opportunity, everything that we can\ngive him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filled with determination to financially\nsecure themselves and their loved ones, both Mark and Peach found Manulife\nfinancial advisors who collaboratively worked with them to find the right\ninsurance plan and became a good friend to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSiya\npo yung tumulong, at siya ang rason, kung bakit ako may insurance policy. Hindi\nko pababayaan. Sobrang <\/em>thankful ko na\n<\/em>secured na ako ngayon<\/em>,\u201d Peach\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(\u201cShe helped me find the right insurance\npolicy. She\u2019s the reason I have one. I won\u2019t let this go to waste, and I\u2019m so\nthankful to be secured now.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this three-episode series, Manulife customers Peach Abella, Mark David, KL Fernando, Marielle Malaga, Yvonne Reyes, and Manulife brand ambassador and policyholder Anne Curtis share their personal stories of resilience and how investing in themselves paid off over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1810,2275,2360],"class_list":["post-9707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-showcase","tag-insurance","tag-insurance-industry","tag-manulife-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9711,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions\/9711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}